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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abbie Whitlock" data-source="post: 239976" data-attributes="member: 42112">Hey!I’d say that this sort of question doesn’t really warrant a full STAR-style structure - the graduate recruitment team are typically looking for you to show commercial awareness and self reflection, rather than one specific competency.The structure that I would use for this question would be:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Briefly identify typical trainee tasks (e.g. legal research, due diligence, initial drafting, client exposure, etc.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Link each task to relevant skills that you already have (e.g. research, attention to detail, communication, teamwork, etc.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Support with brief examples if they are useful - however, this does not need to be a full STAR answer unless you are specifically asked for an example.</li> </ol>Therefore, it would look sort of like: “Trainees typically assist with X and Y, and I’ve developed the skills for this through [experience + discussion of the relevant skills], where I did [brief example to illustrate / back up your point]I hope that assists! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

Verification: Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

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